Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001) was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist and cryptographer known...
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power or power spectral density. The law is named after Claude Shannon and Ralph Hartley. The Shannon–Hartley theorem states the channel capacity C {\displaystyle...
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The Shannon number, named after the American mathematician Claude Shannon, is a conservative lower bound of the game-tree complexity of chess of 10120...
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Betty Shannon (née Mary Elizabeth Moore) (April 14, 1922 – May 1, 2017) was a mathematician and the main research collaborator of Claude Shannon. Betty...
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utilizing Bochner's theorem. The name Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem honours Harry Nyquist and Claude Shannon, but the theorem was also previously discovered...
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probability theory and statistics, the Jensen–Shannon divergence, named after Johan Jensen and Claude Shannon, is a method of measuring the similarity between...
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summer seminar at Dartmouth for about 10 participants. In June, he and Claude Shannon, a founder of information theory then at Bell Labs, met with Robert...
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Entropy (information theory) (redirect from Shannon entropy)
introduced by Claude Shannon in his 1948 paper "A Mathematical Theory of Communication", and is also referred to as Shannon entropy. Shannon's theory defines...
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content. The Shannon–Weaver model is one of the earliest and most influential models of communication. It was initially published by Claude Shannon in his 1948...
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The Claude E. Shannon Award of the IEEE Information Theory Society was created to honor consistent and profound contributions to the field of information...
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Noisy-channel coding theorem (redirect from Shannon limit)
presented by Claude Shannon in 1948 and was based in part on earlier work and ideas of Harry Nyquist and Ralph Hartley. The Shannon limit or Shannon capacity...
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In the field of data compression, Shannon coding, named after its creator, Claude Shannon, is a lossless data compression technique for constructing a...
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Diversity index (redirect from Shannon index)
(erroneously) Shannon–Weaver index. The measure was originally proposed by Claude Shannon in 1948 to quantify the entropy (hence Shannon entropy, related...
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The shannon (symbol: Sh) is a unit of information named after Claude Shannon, the founder of information theory. IEC 80000-13 defines the shannon as the...
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In the field of data compression, Shannon–Fano coding, named after Claude Shannon and Robert Fano, is one of two related techniques for constructing a...
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A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age is a biography of Claude Shannon, an American mathematician, electrical engineer, and cryptographer...
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Information theory (redirect from Shannon theory)
information. The field was established and put on a firm footing by Claude Shannon in the 1940s, though early contributions were made in the 1920s through...
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1939) Claude Shannon (1916–2001) was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, and cryptographer known as a "father of information theory" Shannon, Tasmania...
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the formulation of the Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem by Claude Shannon in 1949. It is also commonly called Shannon's interpolation formula and Whittaker's...
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laying the foundations for the Information Age alongside the work of Claude Shannon. Boole was the son of a shoemaker. He received a primary school education...
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hedge fund techniques in the financial markets, and collaborated with Claude Shannon in creating the first wearable computer. Thorp received his Ph.D. in...
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2016. Its alumni include people like William Shockley, Dennis Ritchie, Claude Shannon and Willard Boyle. In 1880, when the French government awarded Alexander...
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A Mathematical Theory of Communication (category Claude Shannon)
Mathematical Theory of Communication" is an article by mathematician Claude E. Shannon published in Bell System Technical Journal in 1948. It was renamed...
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Kerckhoffs's principle (redirect from Shannon's maxim)
is not. Kerckhoffs's principle was phrased by American mathematician Claude Shannon as "the enemy knows the system", i.e., "one ought to design systems...
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Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems (redirect from Shannon security)
"Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems" is a paper published in 1949 by Claude Shannon discussing cryptography from the viewpoint of information theory. It...
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random variable, and the operational meaning of the Shannon entropy. Named after Claude Shannon, the source coding theorem shows that, in the limit,...
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History of cryptography (section Claude Shannon)
everyday situations. Claude E. Shannon is considered by many[weasel words] to be the father of mathematical cryptography. Shannon worked for several years...
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to the nearest value within a range of digital steps. Alec Reeves, Claude Shannon, Barney Oliver and John R. Pierce are credited with its invention. Linear...
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The Shannon switching game is a connection game for two players, invented by American mathematician and electrical engineer Claude Shannon, the "father...
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